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From: Richard Bromley
Date: 12/23/2002
Time: 4:41:34 PM
Remote Name: 194.152.70.174
With reference to Paul’s response of 22/12/2002 and previous entries by a number of people, it does seem that there are many amongst us who certainly know what we should be doing to perform at our best. The difficulty is transferring the theory into practice. Paul states the number and variety of sessions he has performed which is impressive but pre-empts this with the news he is injured…again. Not knowing the reason for this I can only guess a link. Anyway, being as I have just poo pooed the amount of theory flying around why don’t I touch on the practicalities. For those of us who are not full time students there are a lot of drains on our time which would certainly reduce the amount of time we have to fit in the 14 sessions we are meant to be doing per week. If I had a 9-5:30 job which took ½ an hour to get to and fro, a relationship to maintain, a house to maintain and friends to keep in touch with then can anybody (particular those Sports Science students amongst us) explain how you are meant to run 100 miles per week? I know the standard response is ‘commitment’ and time management but neither create time beyond the standard 15 waking hours per day. Personally I am lucky enough to be able to have 2 hour lunches and a shower at work but even running 60-70miles per week I am still out most evenings, most of the Saturday and Sunday mornings. My main aim is to highlight the fact that those people at Uni should be viewing their time now as the greatest opportunity to better themselves as athletes they will ever get (winning the Lottery aside).
A question on the theory: It is maintained that we should be running 80 miles plus per week. Why do we cling to this high mileage theory? Is it because running this amount brings it’s own performance benefits? Is it because as a by-product of fitting in all the types of sessions required per week this is the distance run? Or do we not really think about it and just aim for this, as it is what people have done in the past?
Answers on a post card…